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Medea Giordano

Kobo Libra Colour Review: A Color E Ink Screen

Kobo’s latest e-reader introduces a color E Ink screen that brings graphic novels, children’s books, and your favorite book covers to life.

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Nena Farrell

Abode Smart Lock Review: Great for Renters

Abode’s new smart lock is great for renters and easy to add onto existing locks, and it comes with a fingerprint-reading keypad.

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Jack Milko

Olympics 2024: Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu top women’s standings with 100 days to go

Nelly Korda poses with her gold medal after winning the Individual Stroke Play event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. | Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

The Women’s Olympic Golf Competition kicks off exactly 100 days from now. Here are the updated standings and qualification criteria.

For only the third time within the last century, the Summer Olympics will feature a 72-hole stroke play for the best women’s players in the world.

Nelly Korda won the Gold Medal at the Tokyo 2020...

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People Cannot Believe This Seriously Bad Mugshot From The UK Is "Real"

It appears Mayor Pete is wilding out again.

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The Verge

Jess Weatherbed

EU probe targets Facebook and Instagram amid spike in Russian disinformation

The EU is assessing whether Meta violated its obligations under the Digital Services Act. | Image: The Verge

The European Commission has targeted Meta with a formal investigation to assess whether it’s doing enough to moderate political content, illegal content, and disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. The probe comes amid a spike in online pro-Russian propaganda in the run-up to EU elections in early June.

In a press release on Tuesday, the European Commission claims that Meta...

The Verge

Mia Sato

Instagram’s updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offs

Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge

Instagram is making significant changes to how its system recommends content, with a focus on original content and increased distribution for smaller accounts. The slew of changes were announced by the company in a blog post today.

The biggest change deals with aggregators — accounts that download or screenshot other users’ videos and photos and repost them. Sometimes aggregators will credit the original poster by tagging them in the post or...

The Verge

Andrew Webster

Endless Ocean is a simple, serene swim on the Switch

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The best way to experience Endless Ocean Luminous is to just swim. A follow-up to a series of scuba diving games on the Wii, Luminous has a story to play through and goals to accomplish. But they’re fairly mundane. Instead, the game is at its most interesting — and relaxing — when you let go of specific goals and just explore for the sake of exploring.

What makes Luminous so chill, at least when you’re going for a solo dive, is that it’s completely open-ended...

The Verge

David Pierce

Phones are the ultimate AI gadget

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Humane. Rabbit. Meta. All these companies and more are working hard to invent a new category of tech, one that doesn’t live as an app on your phone but actually creates room for other AI-powered gadgets. The AI gadget revolution could be huge.

So far? It’s not going great. And in fact, as Google and Apple in particular find new ways to add powerful new models to their existing products, it seems as though the big winner in the AI race might be the...

The Verge

Andrew J. Hawkins

Automatic emergency braking at speeds up to 90mph required under new rule

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Automatic emergency braking is now the law of the land.

The US Department of Transportation finalized a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requiring all vehicle manufacturers to include automatic emergency braking in their light-duty vehicles (basically all passenger vehicles, including SUVs and pickup trucks) by 2029. The new rule aims to prevent hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries every year. The...

Mashable

NYT's The Mini crossword answers for April 30

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections —...

Mashable

Bumble revamps the 'first move' and other features

Earlier this year, new Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones said in a Fortune interview that Bumble was rethinking women making the first move — the dating app's signature for its ten-year run. Today, Bumble officially announced updates to the "first move," as well as other feature upgrades and a fresh brand identity.

Since Bumble's inception in 2014, only women could message matches first. In the case of same-gender connections, anyone could message first. In 2022, Bumble announced that non-binary...

Fast Company

Reuters

Amazon.com might cave in to Big Tech peer pressure to pay a dividend

Tesla is the only other member of the Magnificent 7 to not pay a dividend.

E-commerce titan Amazon.com may be under increasing pressure to offer investors a dividend, as it now finds itself one of the few massive U.S. technology and growth companies not making regular payouts to shareholders.

Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

Bumble unveils a redesign in hopes of reversing its post-pandemic slump

Bumble unveiled a new app design, updates to compatibility algorithm, and more.

Bumble unveiled a fresh look on Tuesday, marking what the company hopes is a new chapter for the decade-old dating app. The app, which stands apart from its competitors by requiring women to send the first message with male connections, now has a new logo, bolder fonts, and refreshed colors and illustrations.

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

Getir layoffs: Thousands of jobs on the line as the delivery service pulls out of the U.S. and Europe

The ultrafast delivery company will shut down in most markets to focus on Turkey, where it based. It’s unclear how many jobs will be impacted.

Instant delivery platform Getir has announced it is leaving nearly every market it operates in to focus on its home country of Turkey, according to multiple media reports. This includes withdrawing from the United States, the United Kingdom, and most countries in Europe—and with those withdrawals, thousands of jobs will be eliminated.

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Christopher Null

Acer Nitro 17 (2024, AMD) Review: Great Power Yet Affordable

This gaming laptop has poor battery life but delivers plenty of graphical power at a more-than-reasonable price.

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Jack Milko

Bernhard Langer makes miraculous PGA Tour Champions return 3 months after torn Achilles

Bernhard Langer at the 2024 Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii. | Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Bernhard Langer is somehow set to return to the PGA Tour Champions after rupturing his Achilles playing pickleball.

Only three months after rupturing his Achilles playing pickleball, Bernhard Langer, the winningest player in PGA Tour Champions history, will make his return to competition at this week’s Insperity Invitational.

“Statistically, they say that guys win the most...

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Mark Schofield James Dator Joseph Acosta

NFL Draft full team grades for all 32 clubs after 2024 selections

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Let’s grade the draft hauls for all 32 NFL teams.

Grading an NFL Draft is often a difficult exercise.

But it does not mean we will not try.

In many ways, it is an analysis of process rather than results. As you will see in a moment, there might be players that we like in a vacuum, but disagree with when it comes to where they were drafted, when they were drafted, or a combination thereof.

And these grades are a mere snapshot in time, ultimately how...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

CJ Cup: How to watch, streaming, format, preview, tee times, and more

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How can fans tune into the CJ Cup Byron Nelson? Here is everything you need to know about the PGA Tour’s next stop.

The PGA Tour will make the short trip from Louisiana to Texas for the third time this season. This week, the Tour is in McKinney, TX, for The CJ CUP Byron Nelson event.

TPC Craig Ranch will host this event for the fourth time as Jason Day looks to defend his title. K.H. Lee won there in both 2021 and 2022.

Here is the one-stop...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets garner $80,000 at Mahomes’ Charity Golf Tournament

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Swift supported Kelce this past weekend at a charity gala and golf tournament as the pop star infiltrated the golf world once again.

Taylor Swift was back on the golf scene this past weekend as the pop star was in Las Vegas with her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. He loves to play golf and has participated in multiple celebrity charity events.

They attended The 15 and the Mahomies Foundation Golf Classic gala.

The...

Mashable

How to watch Lucknow Super Giants vs. Mumbai Indians online for free

TL;DR: Watch Lucknow Super Giants vs. Mumbai Indians in the IPL for free on JioCinema. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

Cricket lovers have been well and truly hooked by this year's IPL, and it's not over yet.

We're only five weeks in and things are continuing to heat up, and the next fixture sees the Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians go head-to-head.

If you want to watch Lucknow Super Giants vs. Mumbai Indians for free from anywhere in the...

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